A Liberty Township teenager stole a minivan from a go-go bar and abandoned it at a Warren
County lake, court records say.

Gage Karnis, of the 100 block of Marble
Road, allegedly took the Mazda MPV on Saturday from the parking
lot of Stage Dolls, a Route 46 adult entertainment venue in Independence Township.
He later abandoned it at Oxford Furnace
Lake, court records say.

The 19-year-old Karnis was arrested Sunday and was scheduled
to make his first appearance a day later in state Superior Court in Belvidere
on a charge of theft. He was released pending a court appearance, court records
indicate.

Township police investigating the incident also charged 41-year-old
Jacquelin Kirdzik, of Washington,
with one count of hindering apprehension. According to court records, Kirdzik knew
Karnis and Timothy Pruden were involved in the theft but gave police false
information.

What, if any, charges filed against Pruden was not
immediately available. However, online records indicate he was recently
held in the Warren County
jail but later posted bail and was released.

Kirdzik was sent to the Warren
County jail in lieu of $2,500 bail.
She has since posted that amount and was released, online records indicate.